Food, Asian American

[MUSIC PLAYING]The New Ginza Supper Club, downtown Los Angeles,is a far cry from the merry madnessof Hollywood's magic castle.The entertainment is not lavish, but the atmosphereis charmingly Japanese, and world travelersare likely to compare it with the better restaurants in Kyoto

or Tokyo.The patrons squat comfortably on soft cushionsaround huge, low, highly polished red lacquer tables.The waitresses wear the traditional Japanese kimonoand serve tantalizing dishes from a menu thatcombines the best of oriental, American, and Europeancuisines.

Broiled lobster tail is a specialty of the house,and so is kushiyaki, the Japanese equivalentof shish-kabob.[MUSIC PLAYING]

[SPEAKING CHINESE][SPEAKING CHINESE]So this is paomo, which is a Chinese gnocchi,and it's basically unleavened breadripped into hundreds of little pieces.

Really can't get it anywhere else.The first thing that Chinese people ask ...